Suspect in Tupac Shakur killing is a no-show at a Nevada hearing on trial readiness

LAS VEGAS (ABC NEWS)– The only suspect ever charged in the killing of Tupac Shakur did not appear in court Tuesday for a hearing on whether his defense team is prepared to go to trial.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis also did not attend a scheduled hearing in another case, in which he is accused of fighting with another man at the Clark County Detention Center in late December.

A spokesperson for Davis’ attorney declined to say why he did not attend either hearing. The Associated Press left messages with the detention center seeking more information.

Davis, who pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the 1996 death of the rap icon in Las Vegas, has been jailed since his September 2023 arrest.

Lawyer Carl Arnold told Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny that Davis would “probably want to be here” for the trial readiness hearing and requested that it be pushed to next week. Kierny agreed and set a Feb. 18 date for it. Kierny said she thought Davis was absent because he was in the other hearing.

The trial is scheduled to begin in March.

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